Francis E. Cygan (1917 - 2009)

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Biography

Francis E. Cygan, 92, of Suffield, passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.

He was born in Thompsonville, on Jan. 20, 1917. He served in World War II, as a master sergeant in the 290th Infantry Regiment (communications chief). He supervised a communication section in the installation, operation and maintenance of communications facilities. He supervised the laying, testing, and maintenance of wire, spending 34 months overseas in the European Theater of Operations. He participated in campaigns and battles in Tunisia, Naples Foggia, Rome Arno, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He received a Good Conduct Medal and European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon. He also was a member of the 11th Coast Artillery Band in 1936, playing clarinet. He was honorably discharged from the Army on Oct. 28, 1945. He worked for Sears as a TV repairman for many years and kept all radios, record players, and TVs operating for many family members.

He was predeceased by a brother, John Cygan, and sister, Anna Massaro. He is survived by his brother, Sebastian Cygan, and his wife, Lillian, and his sister, Mary C. Chittenden; as well as many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of the Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home, 443 East St. (Route 159) Suffield. Burial with military honors will follow in Connecticut State Veteran's Cemetery, Middletown.

His family will receive friends prior to the service on Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of Connecticut, 115 Pierson Lane, Windsor, CT 06095.

Sources

• Ancestry.com
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LH-DR9 : 5 December 2014), Francis E Cygan, enlisted 27 Jan 1942, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBXM-14F : 12 January 2021), Francis E Cygan, 20 Sep 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT4-FCM6 : Wed Oct 18 19:28:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis E Cygan and Anna Massaro, 22 Sep 2009.
• Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42328940

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Acknowledgments

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